Energy Insights

There is plenty of data in the world, but deriving the right insights from this data can be challenging. Our Insights articles outline the data and assumptions driving our conclusions. We aim for transparency, and constructive feedback is most welcome. “Let the data speak for itself!”

Our Energy Insights articles focus on Western Canadian Power markets, Thermal Energy Storage opportunities and broader energy market topics. LNG-focused articles have moved to our dedicated LNG Blog.

These articles do not provide investment, business, or legal advice. Posts are for general information purposes only, and remain subject to change.

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Alberta Power Snapshot - February 2025

A brief review of Alberta electricity pool prices in February 2025, including another record for zero-dollar prices for the month of February since at least 2005.

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Alberta Power Snapshot - January 2025

A brief review of Alberta electricity pool prices in January 2025, including the first-time ever zero-dollar prices in any January since at least 2005.

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Alberta-Power: 2024 in Review

A review of the Alberta electricity market in 2024 with a focus on outliers, trends and patterns, and a comparison to the 2005-2024 time frame. Particular focus on the “outlier” (or rather structural trend) of sharply increasing zero-dollar hours.

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A level playing field saves taxpayer money!

A levelized playing field for competing technologies significantly reduces the cost to taxpayers by driving customers toward the most economically efficient solution. In Canada, Thermal Energy Storage solutions are currently disadvantaged vis-a-vis other, costlier technologies - time to re-level the playing field!

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Alberta-Power: Regime Change!

A review of the rapidly and radically changing electricity market regime in Alberta through key Q3 statistics and comparisons to the same quarter over the past two decades. Zero-dollar hours are on a roll!

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Alberta-Power, Part 3: Opportunities

The final part of the Alberta Power series, looking at the business cases for three opportunities arising from intermittently cheap electricity: Batteries, Hydrogen, and Electro-Thermal Energy Storage.

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